Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-16

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ever. b has proved one of tn most d.
iindtfal eFspa Nu1MeiNn1se
Five hears ca TIE shore Lane, twenty.
ave hoars On fhe Nsw YsEk CsosFal
bimi1sd : - Chieaao. ard hVs days IN
Q private ear VIA she Wiacnusin Central
and Northern Paci9o and 0sseon Rail
Gay and Nsvieatinn fuzds bslnas the
RroFidenes trasslex b Seattle, - QaesD
City of ths Pacifs NoEthuza4 I
Tor s4lppinG aceemmodafions for adj
t8oens aRxfnziaufai. mfnaFal Mmd timber
resources, Tits city has ne eqaal IN ths
World. IL h situated on q hill alapinR
down 70 tie shores Of Elli08 Bag, and
the yisB over the beautiful waters Of
Pueol Bound towards the ever snsw
eapped peaks Of the Olympic Range u
onsarpasssd bg any scsneFy Of Sw1tzsr-
land. To the eastward, ever Lake
WaahiukA0n, one can zee "a equally
1Enn& Nf4ht In tn Cascade Range, from
ne white cones Of Mouns Baker At the
noEfh % Mount Rainier as tha s0uab.
fheso tgo peaks Fiss abruptly soms
Il. D0e feet, aud are the hiahest moan
Isfns 10 t1s GATED States, measured
from b1ss few hundred feet above
Ioa level.
Ths olsmate 0f Hsattla e healthy and
leiiqhtful, the aeaKaaa farnasrafuRs
l4nRinQ from 40 degrees In wlnfNT "a 90
mach less than 81 San Francisco o. At
Portland, and tie dry ssaaoa % never
oppressive. Cate and shesb aFazs an
ne yesF round, vegetation is laxufiani
y % JaBnafs. and flowers bloom every
month IN the year
I % Sue day before Christmas your
or espondent picked roses and violsts
a the open gardens, and one Of our
laEty nagFo9ly ssoapsd q night IN What
be local Indians eali the ~Sko0kum
aDqss" for EDbbinR an 5rchard Of lie
osy ehseksd fruit. And ell this IN Q
atttuoe i've hundred miles north Of
gew York.
Il h easily aooountsd for, however,
" the warm "Japanese current"
lhieh, aawina fFdn ths eqnatdr. mod |
rates the climate Of ell or Paci9c |
'latea % that Way upon ehs great Alae
an coast Il is difficult 70 obtain Zoe for
Domestic uses. E341
In Toe immediaie vicinity Of seattle
oar tons 81 hay are grown 20 the acre
nd 2500 20 S90o psuade Of hops; the
veEA0s bop yield Ii Hew York state is
90 pounds 10 the acre. Fifty miles
rom Seattle, on the beautiful Snoqual.
nie praiFis, is tbs largest bop farm 10
he Untted States, and, vita one sxoep-
lon, ths largest IN tbs W0Eld. All kinds
{ fruits grown 10 the e st are pr0ducad
ere ID ahnnaence, and tie plnma and /
Iaok baFFiee are UNSURPASSED bg lhose
{ any other eectlon OF tbs ooantry.
he great wealth Of this region, hoe
YER, lies ia It's magnificent timbeF-hF,
uruo and cedar. Miles and miles or
be- western part Of the Territory are
0vered With q dense growth of trees,
lany from ten 20 twelve feet IN diane
q, aud from 800 70 300 feet in hight,
"a every one as straight ~ DART. Last
ear Ia the Puget Sound region the mills
ut 500. 000. COO feat OF lumber, and yet,
Iiin this great consumption. Il 10 esii
mated ahat 10 wonld take three handfed
ears 10 exhaust the supply.
The day is not far ii teut when she
,sst aud the Central West will have
, draw their sapply OF timber from
Seattle las = population OF 1900 set
ers, manly from New England and
lew York. In 1880 she population was
My 5000. There are fOur national
anks, city water. gas, electric lights,
W miles OF ho 90 railroad, ten large
cam saWmills, manufactures Of maHy
eaoriptisns. and the aasst opera house
n the North Pacific coast. Seattle IL
destined TO equal any city
the Paci1c Northwest. The Northern
'Aolfio Rallfo I'd already reaches 10 from
be south. Tue Canadian Pao 10 will
Don reach 10 from the narth, and she
cattle, Lake Shore and Etsssrn. nov
ein9 constructed by capitalists % New
'oFk, Chicago and Providence. will some
az give the city through aud direct
Bnnectiou with the East. With the
IfRe foreign and domestic shipping
'ade which 10 viii receive, 70 must be-
pine q great center Of eomms'ae. IL
lust also be remembered that IL holds
be key 20 al the trade with the Terri
,ry Of AlnakA, Territory covering mere
laaFe miles than ell Of The efiel0ai
lirteen states
The resources Of Seattle 10 coal. iron
I'd marble ara magnificent. Already
on works involving the employment OF
90 mea a q 100000 eapitai have
ssn decided upon. The coal iadossry
being rapidly DEVELOPED; aud with
BAL Aad IRON, tinb aud agriculture. a
IAeniaosns harhor, = healthy aud de-
Qhtful climate, an intelligent and
lerRelic population. 10 is ~ inevikab .
|, fate that tha 20 leen Ostya Wtll n
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! NasbinGsoa ferritofy,n q MAJ not
} out Of III lca 20 nantlon 4 fsw itema
our OhEistmas dinner, given By our
est. Mr. Henry Crawford, ON bis mAR
incant raFs blue Points 90 tie derp
Tell fsonn Nee York, salmon kfom ths
River, tarkey from Seattle,
ID vegetables Of svsFy desoription fsesh |
'om tue aoil % cue ssns piaes, dsiicioes
from Alsska. minee pte Of
9me made N nco from Chicago, aud
d fashionsd Eaglish plum paddtnR,
ID fruits, nuta aud rAlstus from Cali
rnia Az we took egf eafkee and
noRed oar cieara. rellsng along she
snen banks o. she mt9hfY Coiumeia.
. coald net consoienciousiF feei that
: we're q - pliied fss losaae car Nss l
ngland ChFisamas dtnnef q houaG
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